La bohème

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Giacomo Puccini: La bohème

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La bohème

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The life-loving bohemians let us once again into the cold garret rooms of Paris, as one of the biggest hits in opera history is restaged by Elisabeth Linton. 130 years after the premiere in Turin, La bohème still lives an immortal existence among the most performed and beloved works of opera. Perhaps because of the fascination with the - on the surface - carefree artistic milieu of Paris? Perhaps because of the beautiful music and the recurring melodies that follow the individual characters and make the opera exceptionally easy to follow? Certainly because of the timeless portrayal of true love in a world where it is otherwise often cheaply for sale. In La bohème we meet four friends who, with the poet Rodolfo at their head, try to keep warm in a cold garret on Christmas Eve itself. They have no money to buy firewood, and they owe the rent too, but what does it matter when you are young and carefree? The friends decide to go out into the Christmas bustle of Paris, but Rodolfo stays behind to write. There is a knock at the door, and so one of the most gripping love affairs in opera history begins. Outside the door stands the seamstress Mimi, asking for a light for her candle, and as Rodolfo takes her cold hand, a love is awakened as hot as only youth can feel it. Opera director Elisabeth Linton directs the revival of La bohème herself, which was a great success at its premiere in 2016. The singers, who take on Puccini's legendary opera and hits such as Så kold den lille hånd er and Musetta's waltz aria, are led by two rising international soloists: the Georgian-Ukrainian soprano Teona Todua and the Bosnian-Swiss tenor Omer Kobiljak as Mimi and Rodolfo. They share the roles with the Royal Danish Opera's soprano Sofie Elkjær Jensen and the young tenor Long Long, who made his debut at The Metropolitan Opera in New York in spring 2026 in precisely the role of Rodolfo. Musetta and Marcello can be experienced with the Royal Danish Opera's Clara Cecilie Thomsen and Jens Søndergaard. La bohème is sung in Italian with Danish and English surtitles. In collaboration with GöteborgsOperan Recommended from age 8